Gabriel Prosserprosser_gabriel[1].jpg

In 1800,the U.S.A. capital was moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC. Gabriel Prosser, an enslaved African American blacksmith, organized a slave revolt intending to march on Richmond, Virginia. The conspiracy was uncovered and Prosser and a number of the rebels were hanged.

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Thomas Jefferson

In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as the third president in Washington DC.


American history